Hildegarde Naghton TD
Hildegarde Naghton TD
Minister for Education and Youth
Hildegarde Naughton is Minister for Education & Youth.
She served as Minister of State attending cabinet with responsibility for Disability until November 2025, and as Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for International and Road Transport and Logistics, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications with special responsibility for Postal Policy and Eircodes until January 2025.
Hildegarde was elected as a TD in 2016, and was member of a number of Oireachtas Committees, including: Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Chair); Future of Healthcare; and Budgetary Scrutiny. Hildegarde was a primary school teacher and previously served as a member of Galway City Council in 2009 and was Mayor of the city in 2011/2012.